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Halloween was around the corner, so we gave our SuperStation One a double feature. One viewer asked how to set up M.2 storage in the SuperDock, and another asked us to cover MiSTer Companion, so we combined both into one guide. First we added an SSD to the SuperDock for…
Can you plug a USB drive full of retro games into your TV and just start playing, with no PC and no extra console? Many of you asked after our RetroBat video, where we showed how to build your own retro gaming drive. Back then the answer was no, because…
Console Mode is Retro Remake’s custom front end for the SuperStation One. It turns the console from a computer running MiSTer into something that behaves like a games machine, which is what most people wanted when they ordered one. This guide covers a clean install, so nothing below depends on…
Could a 15-year-old iMac still be a good gaming machine in 2026? Ours has been running Ubuntu for a while, and instead of getting rid of it we turned the whole thing into a dedicated retro gaming console with Batocera. We erased the hard drive, installed Batocera as the operating…
What if connecting to your house to play your Steam games remotely was as easy as running two terminal commands in Bazzite? If you’re thinking “I don’t have a public IP address, I’m behind CGNAT”, there is an easy way around it. You can also do this on a Windows…
The SummerCart64 is one of the most impressive flashcarts for the Nintendo 64. It started as a homebrew development device and evolved into a full-featured flashcart with a polished menu and features that go beyond many others in its class. This guide covers what it is, its main features, setup,…
Sega never released a Dreamcast Mini, and that still feels strange. The Dreamcast is iconic and seems like the perfect console for a Mini version. So instead of waiting for something that may never happen, we built our own, keeping the look, feel and experience as close to the original…
We turned a pawn shop mini PC, a Beelink SEi8, into a full living room gaming system using Batocera Linux. We paid around $80, and it plays everything up to PlayStation 2. The hardware The SEi8 has an Intel Core i5-8279U, 16GB of RAM, a 500GB drive and Intel Iris…
Would you like an all-in-one retro emulation USB drive you can take anywhere? This guide shows how to make a USB gaming drive with Batocera Linux, a portable retro solution that works on any compatible PC. Batocera is a free, open-source operating system for retro gaming. It turns a PC,…
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